Homemade Vegetable Stock

Most of our recipes in the crèche use a homemade vegetable stock as its base ingredient so you will notice this listed in most of our recipes. While you can buy stock cubes, they tend to contain be a lot of additives such as mono-sodium glutamate.…

Beef & Vegetable Shortcrust Pie

This hearty dish is new on our menu this season and so far it’s going down a treat in the crèches! Beef is an excellent source of iron and this is a very important nutrient, especially for young children. Children need to eat meat at least…

Tasty Nettle Ice Pops

Our Nature Kindergarten children love foraging for wild and wonderful foods around our forest, so today we decided to make Nettle Ice-Pops to cool us down in the summer heat. As none of us had even heard of Nettle Ice-Pops before, this was a bit of an adventure!

Tasty Chicken & Vegetable Tagine With Minted Couscous

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Chef Rohan’s ‘No Sugar Homemade Tomato Sauce’

Tomato based sauces are one of the most versatile kinds and add flavour to many different meals. They are also very popular with children; hence this is a recipe that I would use a lot in the crèche. There are lots of supermarket options…

Tips For A Healthy And Happy Easter!

Easter is just around the corner and that means one thing for children…chocolate and lots of it! Between the Easter Bunny’s visit, egg hunts and treats from family and friends, children can end up getting A LOT of chocolate all at once. While…

Chef Gill’s Vegan Vice Pancakes!

Food intolerances are becoming increasingly common these days but that doesn’t mean that pancakes are off the menu! Thanks to Chef Gill’s recipe, none of our little ones had to miss out on the treats at Beacon Court this Pancake Day. This…

Quick & Easy Vegetable Noodle Stir Fry

This is the ideal meal for this time of year - tasty, warming, healthy...and best of all quick! Chef Gill's Quick & Easy Vegetable Noodle Stir Fry is easy to prepare, ready in minutes and a great way to get in your five-a-day. Plus it's…

Super Shakes For Winter Protection

Smoothie makers and juicers have become very popular in the last year with all kinds of blenders coming on the market.  However, you do not need a Nutri-Bullet to make any of these shakes - a hand blender or blender attachment will work just…

Encouraging Children To Eat Their Five-A-Day

One of the biggest challenges that parents seem to encounter is ensuring that their child gets their five-a-day. We all know the importance of fruit & vegetables for providing nutrients so this can become a source of worry for a parent if…
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